Being You: A New Science of Consciousness

Who are we?

Anil Seth's quest to understand the biological basis of conscious experience is one of the most exciting contributions to twenty-first-century science.

In Being You, he guides the reader through crucial contributions from philosophy, biology, cognitive science, neuroscience, and artificial intelligence, developing a new understanding of consciousness and of what it means to be a "self." He interweaves personal stories with the most up-to-date findings in the science of consciousness, drawing richly upon his own original research. His radical argument is that we do not perceive things as they are, but rather that we are prediction machines, constantly inventing our world and correcting our mistakes by the microsecond, and that we experience the world and the self with, through, and because of our living bodies.

Accessible, inspiring, and eye-opening, Being You is a revolutionary book that will forever alter your relationship with the world—and with yourself.